by Hans Richter,
which played the old German cradle-song, now woven into the third act
of "Siegfried."

The manner in which the cycle of the "Nibelung Ring" was first
presented was as follows: The first opera was given on a Sunday, the
last on a Wednesday, and then there were three days of rest, beginning
once more on a Sunday and ending as before. This order continued for
three representations, and it has been followed in Bayreuth ever
since.

For lack of means, Wagner saw his theatre opened only three times, but
since his death there have been several performances.

THE NIBELUNG RING

FIRST DAY

TETRALOGY

THE RHEIN DAUGHTERS: Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde; guardians of the
Rheingold. They appear in the "Rheingold" and in the "Dusk of the
Gods."

FRICKA: Goddess of Marriage or domesticity, Wotan's wife; sister of
Donner, Froh, and Freia. Appears in the "Rheingold" and in the
"Valkyrie."

FREIA: Goddess of Plenty; sister to Donner, Froh, and Fricka. Appears
in the "Rheingold."

ERDA: Goddess of Wisdom; mother of the three Fates or Norns and of the
nine Valkyries. Appears in the "Rheingold" and in "Siegfried."

SIEGLINDE: Daughter of Wotan under his name of Waelse. Hunding's wife,
and then Siegmund's wife. Siegfried is her son. Appears in the
"Valkyrie."

BRUENNHILDE: A Valkyrie; daughter of Wotan and Erda; first Siegfried's
wife, then Gunther's.

THE VALKYRIES: Helmwige, Gerhilde, Waltraute, Ortlinde, Rossweisse,
Grimgerde, and Schwertleite. [Transcriber's Note: Siegrune omitted in
original.] Daughters of Wotan and Erda, and sisters to Bruennhilde.
Appear in the "Valkyrie," and Waltraute also in the "Dusk of the
Gods."

NORNS: Earth's daughters who spin men's destinies.

GUTRUNE: Daughter of Gibich and Grimilde and Gunther's sister, Hagen's
half-sister, and Siegfried's wife. Appears in the "Dusk of the Gods."

WOTAN: (The Wanderer) King of the Gods, and God of War, Father of the
Valkyries, Father of Siegmund and Sieglinde. Appears in the
"Rheingold," the "Valkyrie," and as the Wanderer, in "Siegfried."
Married to Fricka.

ALBERICH: Gnome: King of the Nibelungs, Spirit of Darkness. Appears in
the "Rheingold," "Siegfried," and the "Dusk of the Gods."

FASOLT: Giant and brother of Fafner; belongs to the race of mortals.
Appears in the "Rheingold."

FAFNER: Giant and brother of Fasolt, and of the race of mortals.
Appears in the "Rheingold" and "Siegfried."

FROH: God of Pleasure; brother of